Mendocino Red Tail Lager

Brewed by Mendocino Brewing Company
Style: Premium Lager
Hopland, California USA

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear, deep golden with a tiny, off-white head. Aroma of malt. Medium body with some maltiness and a slightly floral character. Dry finish without much bitterness. 260307

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a caramel-amber color with a medium sized tan head. The aroma was faintly malty but nothing stood out. The flavor was light tangy malts with a hint of floral and fruity hops. There was a light sour nutty undertone.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a medium sized head of foamy fine to medium sized white colored bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a transparent orange brown colored body and a fair lacing. The aroma was hoppy malty and brown malt. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of hops and brown malt. A decent one but not one that I would consider buying again.

Bottle. Pours sparkling orange with spare rocky white head, mostly lasting, spare head. Aroma is heavy malt (caramel, nutty), light hops (grass), average yeast (dough) with notes of apple, dates and honey. Light bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation and a chalky finish. Moderate sweetness, light acidity and bitterness.

From a 12 oz. bottle with a short blurb on the neck label, no freshness date, sampled at a cooler cellar temperature in a lager glass. Poured a clear golden hued amber with a foamy white head that settled into a thin creamy lacing, small amount of sticking. Aromas of sweet dusty grainy malts, lager yeast and a light spiciness. Good, even carbonation and a malty crisp, dry, smooth medium mouthfeel. A pleasant lager taste, sweet grain bready with a light pinch of sugar, a soft lemon flavor, a touch of spiciness without much bitter, and a dry husky, sweet, spicy malty finish, pretty neat and clean. Not a bad lager, tasty on rainy, humid, warm midwestern spring day.

From a bottle. The body was dark gold with a light khaki head. The aroma was spicy bell pepper and some potatoes. The taste was bitter grass with some spice at the end. The mouthfeel was fairly full. A decent lager.

Bottle poured a clear reddish amber with a lasting amber head. Aromas of carmel, bread and hints of butterscotch and citrus. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of bread, light carmel and a hint of earthiness with a crispo mildly bitter finish.

12 oz. bottle- color of pale honey , with a thin white head – sour nose of , sweet straw , burnt brine (black Greek olives) , and sour – sour taste of milk , olives , straw , and acidic - body is medium , oily , and light carbonation – aftertaste of sour crap , oily and burnt resin - I hope this is a bad bottle because this stuff is really bad I think I would rather drink a Corona light!!